Installation guide

Chapter 15: Building a Stack
292 Section III: Building a Stack with VCStack Plus
Installing and Cabling the Stacking Transceivers
For background information on the stacking transceivers, refer to “Stack
Trunk and Stacking Transceivers” on page 263. For background
information on the cabling configurations, refer to “Cabling Configurations
for the Stacking Transceivers” on page 265.
To install the stacking transceivers in the SFP+ slots on the controller
cards of the two chassis, perform the following procedure:
1. Remove the dust cover from one of the SFP+ slots on the AT-
SBx81CFC960 Controller Fabric Card. Refer to Figure 175.
Figure 175. Removing the Dust Cover from an SFP+ Slot on the AT-
SBx81CFC960 Controller Fabric Card
2. Orient the stacking transceiver with the handle on top if you are
installing it in slot 1 or 3, or with the handle on the bottom for slot 2 or
4. Refer to Figure 176.
Figure 176. Handle on the AT-StackOP/0.3 and AT-StackOP/9.0
Transceivers
3. Slide the transceiver into the slot until it clicks into place. Refer to
Figure 177 on page 293.
Handle